A good count of species at Pembroke Road.

Friday 9th May 2025.

The Grasshopper Warbler at Fishlake Meadows. Photo by Graeme Loader.

I didn't put the Moth Box on last night due to the fact I really didn't want to catch a lot of the same moths as yesterday. This morning, Pembroke Road beckoned and with another near clear blue sky overhead and a not so cold morning due to the fact the north-easterly wind had dropped a little. It promises to be a very warm afternoon (if you were to believe the meteorologists!), which could bring in a surprise migrant or two today.

Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth:

These Bushes in Pembroke Road have held some interesting insects over the years including my first Mint Moth of the year yesterday.

A good count of 18 species were recorded this morning from this site today. Pick of the bunch included a Swallow flying low north, a couple of Swifts, a high flying Mediterranean Gull heading north and a pair of Mallard flying east! Good numbers of Gulls were going overhead that included mostly Black-headed and Herring Gulls, but at least four Great Black-backed Gulls sailed slowly heading north. The Wren and Robin were in full song nearby and the Pied Wagtail was back on the Bowling Green again. It was good to see and hear the juvenile Starlings flying with their parents in search of areas to feed.

Birders were out in force this morning and Farlington Marshes hosted three Lesser Whitethroats, a Common Sandpiper and up to three Greenshanks and an Osprey graced the village of Dummer in the north of Hampshire.

Mating Little Terns on Normandy Marshes. Photo by Emma Parkes.